Someone's bike is in peril while parked - what to do?

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The Road Warrior said:
The way I see it, if the bikes owner is not present, stay away from his/her bike and do not touch it. If the owner comes out and sees you messing with his bike, he might get the wrong impression (I know I would too) and think you are trying to steal or do damage to the bike. Then you can find yourself in a ****** situation, he can call the cops on you, report you, accuse you of damaging his property and the list goes on and on.
It's nice to want to help someone else, but in todays rotten society, you have to be cautious and watch your own *** as well.
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I'm not buying any of that. It would be painfully obvious, (even to a jerk who liked trouble) that before they lose it, they can see for themselves as you point to the two sunken holes in the pavement under their CS.

There are some risks in life you just take as a responsible, caring member of your community.
And ones like in this thread's example, is a blatant no-brainer. :rolleyes:

However, if you discovered the owner was ****-faced drunk as they staggered towards you steadying their bike...well, then reasoning goes out the window with a drunk and having their bike on its side is likely the best that could happen to them.
 
My response....Please let my bike fall as it would be my own doing or mistake not to put one of them pucks under the side stand. For me I don't want others touching my property so I wouldn't touch theirs. Plus you never know the reaction of some people... Myself included. So I think people should stop crying about the culture and nonsense about motorcycling. If your such a good samaritan, please stop at the side of the road next time when someone is broken down in a storm or on a hot sunny day.
 
The Road Warrior said:
That's nice of you, no doubt but I would never do that. If I ever see a rider needing help I would be the first to offer assistance, but this is just different and not worth the risk.
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Understandable.

I just look at the flip side.. if some guy walking out to his nice shiny bike laying on its side when someone could have taken 30 seconds to prevent that from happening.
 
Griffin said:
I really don't understand the majority of you people. The guy's bike is gonna fall over and you'd do nothing because you're worried they MIGHT get a mistaken impression. Everyone seems to have a reason to stand by and do nothing when bad things are happening. And we wonder what's wrong with the world...
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Couldn't have said it better.


johnnie_c said:
If your such a good samaritan, please stop at the side of the road next time when someone is broken down in a storm or on a hot sunny day.
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If I see them early enough where I can stop safely, I do pull over and help.
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Panici said:
You know what? Who cares if you happen to deal with an *** hole.
I'm willing to take that chance if it means I can help out someone who may end up really appreciating it.

Don't let a few bad apples dictate how you act.
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Bingo... I've been helped by some very generous people, and I've helped some people that were very greatful for my help. But I've also helped some people that have turned out to be absolute *****, but I'll never stop helping.

One of my 4-wheeling buddies told me a story of how he pulled a lady's vehicle out of a center ditch one snowy day. After he pulled her out, she complained that he pulled her on to westbound traffic when she was actually headed eastbound. Somehow he pulls her back into the ditch and says "well, hopefully the next guy will pull you out in the right direction" and left her there.
 
omnivore said:
I would probably help someone's bike...but would also be nervous the entire time I was touching it, that they would suddenly arrive and accuse me of messing with their bikes.
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X2.

Though in the OP's situation I would probably try and let the Hotel staff know so they notify the vehicle owner.
 
EngineerJoe said:
One of my 4-wheeling buddies told me a story of how he pulled a lady's vehicle out of a center ditch one snowy day. After he pulled her out, she complained that he pulled her on to westbound traffic when she was actually headed eastbound. Somehow he pulls her back into the ditch and says "well, hopefully the next guy will pull you out in the right direction" and left her there.
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Awesome!

I have pulled a couple people out of ditches over the years. I keep a tow strap in the trunk of my Edge just in case. The last one i pulled out was my neighbour. A few km from home he was driving behind me. We made a left turn into a snow covered side road and he tried to some sweet stunt driving fish tailing, he ended up over correcting and nosed his explorer right into a snow bank and got stuck. I watched this whole thing in my rearview, stopped breifly to see if he'd be able to unstuck himself then i reversed down the road and tugged him out. It only took about two minutes, but in that time a guy in a Benz came up on us (this is a pretty quiet road by the way) and stopped about 5' feet from my truck... so when i got back into my truck to give buddy a tug i had to wait for the guy in the Benz to back up a bit. He seemed pretty annoyed that we were blocking the road for 90 whole seconds.
 
sidestand...I'd help. Center stand...notify the hotel. I've picked up someone else's downed bike before. Broken shifter, peg etc. The bike was a beater already, but I didn't like seeing it on it's side.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
I wouldn't have touched the bike, but I would certainly have advised the front desk and given them the plate number, so that they could contact the owner. They always ask guests for their plate numbers, and so would be able to find the owner.
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I would have done the same as with my alarm if someone lifted the bike off the kickstand to put something under it the alarm would go off.
 
jeffjones said:
I would have done the same as with my alarm if someone lifted the bike off the kickstand to put something under it the alarm would go off.
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If i made the alarm go off (i'd be expecting it) i'd slide the plate under the kickstand then wait around to see if an owner showed up.. then explain. I still believe that slightly less than half of people out there are dick farming cockbags.. i'd hate for one of the good folk to have their bike fall over out of absent mindedness
 
I see both sides to the story, and I was imagining, what would I have done if I'd walked up
to my bike seeing someone handling it. Yeah, I'd guess my first impression would be - WTF
are you doing???

But - knowing these people were riders, and it would have been obvious pointing to two big
vampire holes in the ground, I would have bought them a beer or two.

My damage is cosmetic, thanks to the side bags and all the tupperware, and the folding mirrors.
Handlebars didn't even touch the ground.

I got to finish my weekend tour without any more issues - and the parking puck is coming
with me from now on! (I used a crushed can the next night)
 
+1 it depends on if I see them putting a plate under or not. Last time it happened....I checked my bike before it fell....nice little hole in the street though.
 
I had breakfast at the Ice House today and put a puck under my stand so no one would have to face this horrible dilemma.

Think of the riders!!! Bring a puck!
 
There was a thread a week or so back where the good Samaratan was told to "** and take your ugly wife with you" to paraphrase.
That said the bigger problem is the centre stand. Unless familiar with the bike one can drop it getting it down. Sidestand far less of a chance.
If the bike had an alarm, trip it and wait for the owner to show up and offer him a pop can or other pad.
BTW isn't the side stand more stable for parking and the centre stand better for service?
 
johnnie_c said:
My response....Please let my bike fall as it would be my own doing or mistake not to put one of them pucks under the side stand. For me I don't want others touching my property so I wouldn't touch theirs. Plus you never know the reaction of some people... Myself included. So I think people should stop crying about the culture and nonsense about motorcycling. If your such a good samaritan, please stop at the side of the road next time when someone is broken down in a storm or on a hot sunny day.
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You see...everything inside me would want to prop the guy's bike up- but for all I know it'd be your bike...and with attitude like that I guess I'd have been better off letting the bike fall over. You are the reason guys like me would walk away and do nothing, even though it goes against my nature, and I would probably bebothered by it the rest of the day.


And I did stop on the side of the road for a broken down old skool air cooled VW Beetle tonight en route from Grand Bend to home. Just the way I roll!
 
A sidestand is generally safer for parking (I almost learned the same way as the OP, years ago). Once it digs into the asphalt, getting the bike out can be tricky, since it won't pivot as easily.

Risking personal injury for someone else's property strikes me as unwise. Better to spend a few minutes looking for the owner. Otherwise, it a fallen over motorbike, not a moral conundrum.
 
they all fall over at some point, at least the guy could have had a reason to fabricate a story for his bros about shredding the asphalt gone wrong. all he would have to do is scuff his gear up a bit (or should I say his skin?) and the story would be unchallengeable!
 
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